Three months later.
With the arrival of summer vacation, the long-silent official accounts of Tianba Studio, including the microblog and public WeChat account, released a significant announcement.
The new game "Love Advisor Department" will launch for early access on the 18th of this month on platforms such as Steam, E-Shop, and WeGame, with a pre-sale price of just 68 yuan.
"Isnāt it breaking three digits?"
Zhang Pengfei was somewhat surprised, not expecting the new game from Tianba Studio to have the same pre-sale price as "Divine Grace Continent."
This was really unexpected!
Itās worth noting that when speculating the price of the new game in Tianba Community, many people believed Ba would definitely break previous records this time, aiming for a three-digit price, with the minimum being 98 yuan.
There are signs to follow...
Generally speaking, the pricing of a game depends on many aspects, mainly the scale, quality, and genre.
Games like "Love Advisor Department," which belong to the romance simulation genre, have inherently ridiculous pricing. Especially the "mysterious confidence" prices set by many Neon developers, which make people exclaim they canāt understand.
The scale is not small, and itās the kind of topic that is inherently "seriously overpriced." Guessing a three-digit price fits perfectly logically.
But it only costs 68 yuan!
Thinking of similar games from Neon, starting at one hundred, often two or three hundred, even more than four hundred ridiculous pricing, Zhang Pengfei suddenly felt that Ba truly cares for his people.
If it were a Neon company in Steam Country, can you buy it without spending two or three hundred?
Of course, 68 yuan is also not a small expense for Zhang Pengfei, who has just entered society.
After all, his monthly salary is only a little over five thousand, and after deducting rent, utilities, and daily expenses, the remaining money is really not much.
Saving money is simply impossible.
Itās not that he doesnāt want to save; itās mainly that he canāt save at all. With only this income a month, excluding fixed expenses, even if he doesnāt eat or drink, how much can he save in a year?
"Fei, when are you getting married?"
Thinking of the inevitable question from his parents and grandparents when returning home, Zhang Pengfei couldnāt help but sigh.
This topic is too heavy.
He has neither a car nor a house, nor savings. His parents have already tried very hard to raise him, how could he let them continue to sacrifice?
The more he thought about it, the more resistant he became to finding a partner, thinking being alone was pretty good. At least, unlike other classmates or colleagues, who emptied three generations of six or seven wallets just for marriage.
Then a few years later, the couple quarreled and broke up.
Isnāt that truly not worth it?
Thinking of this, Zhang Pengfei suddenly felt that spending 68 yuan to find a virtual wife was pretty nice, except for parents disliking it, all thatās left are advantages.
"Bought it!"
As soon as the early access started, Zhang Pengfei decisively paid and bought a copy of "Love Advisor Department."
Heās a veteran player of the beta test.
To be precise, heās a freebie fan of Guo Mo, often watching Guo Moās live streams when bored and winning an activation code during the last draw, thus playing the demo version.
Precisely because he played the demo version and was very satisfied, he paid so readily. If it were a game he hadnāt played before, he would have hesitated.
"Lili, Iām coming!"
Ever since playing the demo version, Zhang Pengfei fell for a female doctor named Yan Lili.
When Tianba Studio announced that the early access version would retain the character data from the demo version, he couldnāt wait to See Lili.
The demo trial period was too short.
During that time, he was far from conquering Lili, and although the gameās progress has been reset in this early access, he is confident he can win over Lili.
"Why is the download so slow?"
Complaining about how the broadband at the landlordās home isnāt up to par, Zhang Pengfei turned to open the game community, curious to see what changes the early access version had compared to the demo version.
There were quite a few posts.
He glanced over, then looked at the official pinned post, coming to a general conclusion.
The career path has become stricter, job hopping needs to be cautious! Also, the difficulty of interacting with characters in the early access version will increase!
This is not an official stealth change.
Mainly because the demo trial phase did not have complete content, many functions had not been implemented, so it was relatively easy to interact.
But with the early access version, itās almost no different from the official version, with a large batch of new gameplay and features implemented, naturally increasing the difficulty of interacting and conquering characters.
Another point!
The multiplayer experience has also been optimized, with increased content for interaction once other players enter the game world.
"Itās okay, not much change..."
After understanding the details, just as the game finished downloading, Zhang Pengfei rubbed his hands and clicked into the game.
The familiar account login page, familiar male and female character choices, familiar face-making and naming stages, familiar game UI interface.
Being a veteran player of the demo, after logging in to the account, it restored his original game character. If one didnāt want restoration, they could, like new players, randomly generate a batch of new game characters.
Zhang Pengfei certainly wouldnāt randomly generate.
He still wants to continue conquering Lili; if he randomly generated a batch of new characters, he would never see Lili again.
After entering the game, Zhang Pengfei initially wanted to directly invite Lili to go out and play, but seeing the personal panel reminded him the gameās progress had been reset, and he still had to reacquaint himself with Lili.
Not only that.
He also had to find a new job, and it had to be one that allowed him to contact Lili, otherwise he would have no chance to meet Lili.
"Oh no, I canāt get into the hospital."
The best way to contact Lili is to enter the hospital and become a doctor.
But the broken game "Love Advisor Department" requires passing a test before entering the job, and if he could pass the test, he wouldnāt be so troubled.